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		<title>Jharkhand proactive with its public sectors for medical colleges; Odisha should learn from it</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/4022</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anugul-Talcher-Dhenkanal area (7)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From mineral resources to human resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koraput-Jeypore-Sunabeda area (5)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical, nursing and pharmacy colleges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rourkela-Rajgangpur area (2)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Thanks to http://www.rourkelacity.com/rdf/showthread.php?p=41#post41 for the pointer.) Following is an excerpt from a report in Ranchi Express.

State Health Minister Baithnath Ram on Monday informed the Assembly that  approval letters have been sent to HEC, Ranchi and SAIL, Bokaro to  start medical colleges at Ranchi and Bokaro respectively. About 250  students will be admitted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>300 page 6.2 MB UGC Report of the HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA Issues Related to Expansion, Inclusiveness, Quality and Finance.</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3953</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eleventh plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orissa Higher Education Vision 2020]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is http://www.ugc.ac.in/pub/report/12.pdf. This was published in November 2008 with 500 printed copies. Its been recently put in the UGC website at number 12 in the page http://www.ugc.ac.in/pub/.
This 300 page document has all kinds of data on higher education in India and is a must read for anyone interested in higher education vis-a-vis India.
An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22 new Polytechs, 91 new ITIs and 415 new Skill Development Centers to come up in Odisha</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3944</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diploma in Engineering, Polytechnics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eleventh plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITIs, Training institutes, short term courses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skill Dev. Centers (SDCs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational institutions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard on the 22 new polytechs.

&#8230; These polytechnics would come up in those districts which are not yet served by the government polytechnics. The districts include Boudh Gajapati, Nabarangpur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Koraput, Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj and Balasore to name a few.
&#8230; It may be noted that 13 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIPET adds two exclusive R &amp; D hubs: One of them, Laboratory for Advance Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), established in Bhubaneswar</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3917</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIPET, Bhubaneswar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eleventh plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITIs, Training institutes, short term courses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LARPM - of CIPET Bhubaneswar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIPER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twelfth Plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The advertisement http://www.cipet.gov.in/pdfs/advt.2010.pdf mentions that CIPET is upgrading its centers to High Learning Centers to impart B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D programs with exclusive R &#38; D hubs ARSTPS &#38; LARPM. (Note: I think LARPM was the first R &#38; D hub to be created by CIPET and was mentioned in a Jan 2009 PIB report. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US based North South foundation offers scholarships to students in India</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3897</link>
		<comments>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3897#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North South Foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following is from the page http://www.northsouth.org/st/scholarships/scholarships.asp.

       The North South Foundation provides scholarships  				to needy children who display academic excellence in India. The Foundation has distributed  				more than 2,000 scholarships to students who need financial support to pursue their quest  				for knowledge in engineering, medicine, polytechinc, science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ama Akha Pakha and Innovate Clubs Orissa; a part of intersting organizations focussed on innovation in the Indian context</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3881</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following is from the page http://www.sristi.org/cms/en/innovation_club.

Innovation Clubs
&#160;
To facilitate and diffuse the philosophy of Honey Bee, 21 numbers of Inno-clubs (Innovate Orissa Clubs) are working in the state. Each inno-club is a satellite of Ama AkhaPakha and ultimately a micro satellite of Honey Bee. Most of the members of these clubs are sons and daughters of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All states to have a KISS like 40 acre residential school-college combo for tribals: Samaja</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3875</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HRD of Tribals and/or Tribal areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SC/ST/OBC/minority schemes]]></category>

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		<title>Odisha plans to fund the education of bright poor SC/ST students in top private schools of the state</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3860</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DPS Kalinga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HRD of Tribals and/or Tribal areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SC/ST/OBC/minority schemes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update: As per another report in tathya.in the Odisha ST &#38; SC development department plans to also support SC and ST students joining Sainik School. Another great move by the department and its visionary secretary Ashok Tripathy.

Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.

&#8230; The Department of ST &#38; SC Development has set in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biotech educational and research opportunities in the Bhubaneswar area and Odisha in general: work in progress</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3840</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cross-cutting topics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the institutions that offer Bachelors and/or Masters programs related to Biotechnology in the Bhubaneswar area are:

KIIT School of Biotechnology: It offers M.Sc Biotechnology. M.Sc Integrated Biotechnology and M.Sc in Applied Microbiology. Its placement record for its first batch of 2007-2009 is impressive.
Trident School of Biotech Sciences: It offers B.Sc and M.Sc in Biotechnology.
NISER: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manuscript Resource Centres and Manuscript Conservation Centres in Odisha</title>
		<link>http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3828</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chitta Baral</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sambaplpur-Burla-Jharsuguda-Baragarh area (4)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are 48 manuscript resource centres and 33 manuscript conservation centres in India. The list is given at http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57547. The ones in Odisha are as follows:
Two manuscript resource centers:





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Orissa&#160;State&#160;Museum&#160;Museum&#160;Building,&#160;BhubaneswarOrissa




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Sanskrit Academy of Research for Advanced Society Through Vedic &#38; Allied Tradition&#160;of India (SARASVATI),Sarasvati&#160;Vihar,&#160;Barpada,&#160;Bhadrak&#160;&#8211; 756 113&#160;Orissa.



            [...]]]></description>
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